Kent Willmann: The essence of a community

Posted:
09/18/2013 04:35:14 PM MDT

Updated:
09/18/2013 04:35:55 PM MDT

Who needs government? Who needs the media? Apparently, we do.

The flood has reminded us, once again, how much we rely upon institutions. It was the simple everyday occurrences continuing, despite the flood, that sprouted powerful reminders of dependency: newspapers on the driveway, undeterred letter carriers, trash trucks running their routes.

But there was so much more being delivered by government and media. Thanks to police, firefighters, the National Guard, the Times-Call, city communication specialists, FEMA, water and sewage technicians, emergency operations departments, building inspectors, Internet service providers, TV stations, city leaders, school districts, etc. Please feel free to add to the list.

Layer on our churches, volunteer organizations, businesses and just plain good neighbors, and we begin to more deeply see the essential fabric of a community.

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